Jun 8, 2022 · CN train 148 arrives in Sarnia, Ontario, on June 5, 2022, after crossing the border from Port Huron, Mich., with C40-8 No. 2131 in the lead. Stephen C. Host. SARNIA, Ontario — Canadian National has returned some GE Dash 8 locomotives to service after most had disappeared in early 2021.

CN 2442, a Dash 8-40CM, leads a train eastbound into Battle Creek, Michigan in 2009. The GE C40-8M is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems from 1990 to 1994. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives, and is often referred to as a Dash 8-40CM.

Jul 31, 2023 · WELLAND, Ontario — A Canadian National “funeral train” of 18 Dash 8 locomotives, part of an auction and sale in June 2023, arrived in Welland, Ont, on July 29, concluding a trip from Iowa. The locomotives will be handed off to the GIO Rail Trillium operation, which will deliver them to SLM Recycling of Welland.

Dash 8-40C and Dash 8-40CW CN 2000-2041 are the ex-CNW C40-8 8501-8542 that UP operated as 9023-9064 and returned to lessor. They were leased to CSX as CREX 9023-9064 before CN acquired them in fall 2012.

The Dash 8 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation. It replaced the Dash 7 Series in the mid-1980s, and was superseded by the Dash 9 Series for freight usage and the Genesis Series for passenger usage in the mid-1990s.

CN Dash 8 Dispositions. From RailroadfanWiki. Jump to: navigation, search. C40-8. Number Model Last Paint Scheme Buyer Notes CN 2000 C40-8 CN Website Logo CN 2001 C40-8 CN Website Logo CN 2002 C40-8 CN Website Logo CN 2003 C40-8 CN Website Logo Scrapped LOCATION UNKNOWN: CN 2004 C40-8 CN Website Logo CN 2005

The Dash 8 series of locomotives have a 7FDL-16 engine that generates 4000 hp. CN purchased 55 new Dash 8-40CM locomotives with the full car body including the Draper Taper. They also...

Classic Dash-8 looking quite sharp in CN 15th Anniversary livery. The 17 -car train passes a nicely manicured lawn on the back side of Swanton, VT. With their work in St. Albans finished, the crew heads back to Montreal with train 323.

The Dash 8-40CM (also known as the C40-8M or just the “CN Dash 8”) was the last of the "Draper Taper" locomotives that had rear visibility cut-aways in the sides.

Mar 18, 2024 · The GE (General Electric) C40-8 (Dash 8-40C, C40-8C, or simply Dash 8) is a type of six-axle, 4,000hp diesel-electric locomotive built from 1987 to 1992 with 585 built (the C40-8W having been subsequently built from 1989 to 1994; including over …